Athlete Profiles

She doesn’t just love to run; she was born to run. Like mother, like daughter, Katie Rainsberger is out to make her own mark on the sport.
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Ali Williams has had a great year on the roads, most recently running 15:51 on Thanksgiving Day at the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot. Ali's success made her an easy pick for our "The Runner Box" Colorado Runner of the Month award. In the below Q&A, Williams tells us about her move to Golden and her plans for 2016.
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If you follow the Colorado running community in some capacity, you've surely heard the names Brian and Monica Folts.  Their names regularly stand at the top of race results and finishes across the state in a multitude of endurance sports, from roads to trails to triathlons.  This would make sense considering their motto of “Race local. Race often."  But who are these talented athletes?
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Lizi Bolanos-Nauth of Boulder won the masters race for the USATF half marathon trail national championship at Lake Padden in Bellingham, WA on Saturday, October 17. Her time of 1:49:03 was good for 13th among females and the national masters title. The race was a milestone victory for the runner who has struggled to return to fitness after a bicycle accident in 2008 left her unable to walk. We talked to Lizi about the race and about her return to running.
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Leadville’s Timmy Parr is the U.S. Skyrunner Series 2015 “Sky” division champion. That’s hardly all that’s he done though, and it’s this body of work – 21 races this year – that make him our September “The Runner Box” Colorado Runner of the Month.
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The goal in Pack Burro Racing is to win the Triple Crown, races in Fairplay, Buena Vista and Leadville. George Zack and his racing companion, Jack, had come close in 2012 and 2014, winning two out of the three races. But this year, Jack sprang to life at key moments and they dashed to victory in all three events. George is a 46-year-old MUT runner from Broomfield, longtime Pikes Peak runner and friend of many in the Colorado Springs area. Jack, 18, or thereabouts, spends most of his days nibbling grass on the Laughing Valley Ranch near Idaho Springs.
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Andy Wacker has been racing all over the world this summer. He finished August with a win at the USATF trail 50k championship in San Francisco, and because of it is our August "The Runner Box" runner of the month.  In this interview, the Boulder runner tells us all about his racing, training with marmots, and what's kept him in Boulder.
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Who was that second-place guy at last weekend's Leadville 100?  Get to know Denver's Kyle Pietari in this interview and learn how he trained and raced so well.  Pietari's 18:16 placed him second overall in the "Race Across the Sky."
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Alayna "Lanie" Szuch, an 11 year old from Evergreen, was seventh at this year's U.S. Mountain Running Championships. She beat a bunch of former national team members and even some Olympic marathon trials qualifers, and she's only 11 (!).  Lanie tells us all about it, and is our July "The Runner Box" Colorado Runner of the Month.
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There's a new face in the ultrarunning scene, and she certainly is a force to be reckoned with. Many are wondering who the slim speedster is flying by, with her blonde pigtails bouncing underneath a backwards trucker hat.  Ashley Erba has become a memorable name of late, but not just in Colorado.
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